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"Memento Mori', box with German bone skull - 19th century

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Estimations: 500 - 700 EUR
Memento Mori - Vanitas, mahogany wood circular box, lid with bone skull topped by a mouse e flanked by a squirrel and a snake.
A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death. The skull was the symbol of death from the 1500s onwards; previously death was represented as a skeleton. Skulls were very popular in the Baroque period and were not only an essential part of any Wonderland Room (Wunderkammer), but also acted as contemplative reminders of mortality.
Height 10 cm, dbase diameter 8.8 cm.
eight x width x depth skull: 4 x 4 x 3 cm. Weight 32 g.
Total weight 95.2 g.
Item condition grading: **** good.

CITES - Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97
This item has been made with materials non belonging to endangered species protected by CITES Convention (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora).
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Date
07 Décembre 2022 CET/Rome
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Prix de départ
320 EUR
Estimations
500 - 700 EUR
Prix de vente
411 EUR
Prix final sans frais d'enchères
320 EUR
Surenchère
129%
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VENTE 244 - BIJOUX, ARGENT, MONTRES, IVOIRES ET CABINETS DE CURIOSITÉS
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07 Décembre 2022 CET/Rome
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